Breaking: Protestors disrupt debt ceiling vote
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in Washington DC to protest the job-crushing debt ceiling and budget
"deal" today.
Instead of solving the revenue crisis by Making Wall Street Pay their fair
share, ending the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy, and closing corporate
loopholes that let Bank of America pay no income taxes for the past three
years, Congress and the President have given us a Raw Deal.
Holding a banner that read "Boehner and GOP: Create Jobs, Not Drama,"
people first occupied the lunch room at the Republican Club and addressed
patrons there before blocking the front entrance to the building.
"John Boehner should stop worrying about keeping his job as Speaker of the
House and start worrying about creating jobs for the millions of Americans
who are unemployed," said Bobby Tolbert, a Board Member and leader for a
community organization, VOCAL-NY. Today's action was organized by VOCAL-NY
and Community Voices Heard with help from National People's Action.
The debt ceiling and budget "deal" will increase unemployment and hurt any
prospect of an economic recovery. Instead of raising revenue and creating
jobs, Congress and the President are cutting vital public services --
education, health care, housing -- that Americans rely on in their daily
lives.
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